You're technically correct, but the question I asked him, er, it, was "How do you define folk music?"

And that was its complete answer. So its electronic brain searched the Web and settled on that.

Google Bard gave a far more complex reply.

Chatbot learns fast, though. Scarily fast. I just asked it the same question again, one day later, and got this:

"Folk music is a genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. It is typically defined as music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style. It is often passed down through families and other small social groups, and learned through hearing rather than reading. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Is there anything else you would like to know about folk music?"

Nothing about topics this time.

Much better, Bing!